Overview
- The exhibition is scheduled for December 13 at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal as part of the Congress government’s second‑anniversary events and the Telangana Rising Global Summit finale.
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is actively training for the game, with official CMO footage showing nightly practice sessions at the MCRHRD grounds.
- Reddy will lead team RR9 in jersey No. 9 against Messi’s LM10, with selected government‑school players likely to be included on the CM’s side.
- Messi confirmed on November 28 that Hyderabad was added to his GOAT Tour to India after Kolkata, with subsequent stops planned in Mumbai and Delhi.
- State officials say they plan to invite Messi to be a global brand ambassador for the ‘Telangana Rising’ initiative, with no agreement announced.